Thread: Difference between Astak Mentor and EZReader?
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Old 12-03-2009, 01:19 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
The Mentor Lite is a Netronix EB600 with the addition of 8 grey scales (a new screen controller). The EB600 hardware is about as old as the Hanlin V3, but until recently most EB600's came with vendor specific firmware (e.g. the Cybook Gen3). Now several companies world-wide are selling EB600s with factory firmware, and this includes Astak and Cool-er in the UK. I have seen no reviews of the Mentor Lite, but the Cool-er has a reputation for unstable firmware (the device crashes a lot). These problems may all be fixed by now, and Astak was probably right to wait a while before introducing the Mentor Lite.
The above posts cover the information well, but it may be worth noting that the Cool-er and Mentor Lite are not exactly the same hardware. Cool-er uses the original model while Astak sells the revised hardware.

See RobertB's posts on his blog and on these forums for more information.
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